Louisville football's wide receiver room is one of the most underrated units in the ACC. The Cardinals fans are quite high on this unit entering the 2025 season, but the ACC and the nation don't know many names outside of the two key returners in Chris Bell and Caullin Lacy.
For those two receivers to have their breakout seasons, many are expecting some new faces to step up and make an impact this season in that WR3 position. So, while many fans are excited to see Bell and Lacy take a massive leap in 2025, here are three under-the-radar wide receivers who could explode for Louisville in 2025.
3 under-the-radar wide receivers who could explode for Louisville in 2025
3. Dacari Collins
The Cardinals got a few players from the Transfer Portal who are poised to make an immediate impact, and the transfer wide receiver from North Carolina State, Dacari Collins, is one of those players. Collins initially committed to Clemson as a 4-star recruit out of high school but transferred to the Wolfpack after two seasons and received minimal playing time.
At North Carolina State, he earned 34 catches for 526 receiving yards and four touchdowns, proving he can be a WR3 in the ACC. He is coming off his best season in his college football career after logging 24 catches for 312 yards and two touchdowns. He had six games with at least 40 receiving yards in his two seasons with the Wolfpack, and last season he had three games with at least 40 receiving yards, two games with at least 50 receiving yards, and logged his career high 62 receiving yards against North Carolina.
Now, the 6-foot-4, 215-pound receiver will look to play for his third ACC team, and after a strong fall camp performance, the Cardinals believe he will be one of their top threats when he is on the field.
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2. TreyShun Hurry
The transfer who has probably the most hype on the offense other than Miller Moss is San Jose State transfer TreyShun Hurry. The 6-foot-2, 194-pound receiver has a lot of potential entering his junior season, and many believe he might emerge as Deion Branch's WR3 when the season ends.
He has consistently shown his speed and ball-tracking ability this fall camp, and after fall camp, Hurry has the full capability to explode in 2025. During his one season with San Jose State, Hurry played behind All-American Nick Nash and the All-Mountain West Second Team wide receiver Justin Lockhart, yet still made an impact with the Spartans. Now, he will play behind Chris Bell and Caullin Lacy and have an even bigger impact this season than last year, when he logged 28 catches for 482 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Hurry is an explosive wide receiver who can put the burners on and burn the defensive backs. He was able to haul in 60 receiving yards or more in four games last season, including his season high of 71 receiving yards and a touchdown against Stanford. Expect Hurry to have an impact for Louisville in 2025 and be a player Miller Moss goes to as a deep ball threat.
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1. Antonio Meeks
While Chris Bell and Caullin Lacy are getting all the hype for the Cardinals' returning wide receivers, Antonio Meeks is flying severely under the radar. Meeks didn't make a significant impact last season as he only hauled in three catches for 42 yards and a touchdown, but the wide receiver is one of the few players who stood out in the spring and the fall.
Meeks is expected to take a massive leap from 2024 to 2025 and start as Jeff Brohm and Deion Branch's WR3. He transferred in from Tuskegee University, where he played his first two seasons and put up insane numbers. The 6-foot-1, 195-pound receiver logged 74 receptions for 1,437 yards and 11 touchdowns while he was with the Tigers, including his sophomore season, when he caught 43 catches for 745 yards and five touchdowns.
Meeks is a receiver whom Branch has praised all offseason, and after his 28-yard reception for a touchdown against Washington in the Sun Bowl, he enters 2025 as a receiver the nation might not know about, but Louisville fans are excited for.
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